They can’t. Deadlines passed. Don’t believe everything you read
OK... maybe that's so. But, how come we here talk of Biden being injected on the Dem side if Hillary gets indicted? Haven't their deadlines passed as well?
In other words, if we get to the GOP convention and the first vote isn't conclusive (i.e., Trump has more than 1237 delegates), can't anyone's name be placed in nomination?
careful DrewHas2Dads, I know who you are and I will not forget.
My understanding is that the first deadlines haven’t passed YET, but will in a couple weeks.
I forget which radio program I heard it on but the states with the nearest deadlines are South Carolina and Texas. Any Independent candidate must have the required number of signatures turned in the week after Super Tuesday for them.
Then, several other states have deadlines in the week after that. All told, any Independent candidate would have to have a total of 495,000 signatures (or something close) within several weeks after Super Tuesday.
Well nigh impossible to get it all done in time to make it on the ballots in all the early states. Especially with no infrastructure.
Each state sets its filing deadline. Once the candidate qualifies (before the deadline), he or she's then put on the ballot. I cannot imagine the Board of Elections destroying printed ballots (yes, they're still used) so that a latecomer like Romney could appear. He could as a write-in candidate, but not on the printed primary ballot. Mittens’ vote count would be so depressing that they'd have to put him on a Lithium drip.